The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-11


! Myers and Colonel Dorsey
Last night the gentlemen met and when
they We're introduced Colonel Dorsey instantly
recognized his Old friend, and spoke OF the
| dagger. have brought it back to you
| answered Mr.. MyCrs, entering into the sp;lib
! OF the moment The knife was produced and
! over bottle Of cliqUot, which lIe party in
sisted on celebrating the event with, Colonel
/ Dorsey ga'o tho story of the weapon. His
! reason Tor receiving 1t was that it had been
| given him by Colonel Tom Carroll, Of Mary
Land, the grandfather Of our tUWisinalt NJ T.
I Carroll, ana he treasured the weapon IN NOM
Org Of its giyor Tie affair WAS OF the
/ pIea. ant incidents that someti!nesNiiSturbs The
| monptony Of everyday life, and would en- 70
! give emphass to the popular adagc that
/ 'iruth Is stranger than fiction
! From The sumter Ga. Republican.
Our Cotton avenue story teller has given us
/ another 81 the old time incidents, that NAV
! while away an idle moment He says That
! man was living in the lever edge Of the
/ county, when Roanoke was burned by the lii
/ dians, and joined in with the forces who was
! sent against them. One morning he and an
! other man got separated from the command
| and while following their trail was suddenly
! confronted by some ten or twelve sayages
| who were probably a hundred yards off
| They both turned to flee when the In
| dams fired ON them His COMPANION fell dead
but he sped ON, and the Indians followed He
got into a thicket and lodged hither and
thihcr, and at last found an old hollow log of
huge proportion, into which he crept. After
awhile he heard an Indkln trainping around.
He approached the log, got on it, walked TO
the end and sat down. The man in the log was
scared very much, but kept quiet The Indian
sat few minutes got up and left, and pretty
soon another ono came along. He,
too, sat on the log and then followed in
the tracks Of the other fellow The
hidden man began to breathe easier. when
he again heard the tramp tramp, tramp of the
third Indian, who came up to the log, looked
around, sat down for some time and then went
III the direction the other two had taken lie
still lay quiet in his log for some time, when
hearing nothing else from his foes he began to
| pun out, when off in the distance he heard
them beating the bushes and at the same
time his eyes fell on large rattlesnake coiled
up at the mouth of the log. He
was now indeed prisoner and he
dared not move. Tbs Indians drew
nearer, coming this time towards the entrance
of his hiding place. The snake heard them,
raised its head and gently shook its tail. The
Indians, three in number, heard the warning
and came nearer. The RATHER then com
lncnced his music in earnest, and was killed
by the Indians, but it seems that they took its
presence at the entrance OF the log as a surety
THAI the person they were seeking was not
there and soon after went away. Tho fellow
stuck ia his hole until night fell, when he
c@Wled, out and lit ont for home, where he
tayed until he died few years ago
H'lucsday night a negro, living near Monroe.
drcn, SiS aud eight years old, locked up in the
house. His wife had gone off to preaching
When they returned they found the house in
ashes and nothing left of the two children but
their charrcd remains.
The killing OF Heard by Davidson, near La
Grange, is subject of discussion. Heard
who was tenant on Mr.. Hogg's farm, was on
his way to town, and told Thad Harrington to
tell Mr.. Davidson that inc wished to see him.
Davidson came through the hall and asked
~ luf q ri ans to
hacco" Davidson said that he had no tobacco,
then pulled pistol from behind him and shot
Heard. lie then jumped out of the door
and said, Lord, Lord, Dock,
have shot you | would not have done it for
million dollars" lie said he did not know the
pistol was loaded, but his wife contradicted
him, and said he knew the pistol was loaded.
Tho negro said he had never had any words
with MIR. Davidson Coroner Thomas Davis
held an inquest, The jury found that Perry
Davidson did "unlawfully, and without malice
or torethOught, shoot tho said Docl, Heard con
traTy to tho law Of said state, the peace, good
order and dignity thereof"
Charley Colley, the twelyc-year-old son of
John +. Colley, of Dublin, received serious,
II not fatal, injuries at the public gin of John
NJ Stubs Thursday, it seems that II. F.
Lamb, the engineer, had engaged the boy to
do crrands around the premises; and whilst
lamb was occupied in removing some seed that
had accumulated around the gin, ordered
Charley to raise the gin-boX for the pur-
pose of unlocking the gin. Charley 5 strength
was inadequate to the task thus imposed and
in his efforts to obey orders his legs were
caught by the saws and horribly lacerated,
nrs. Hicks and johnson were summoned and
deemed 1t advisable to ampUtate his left leg
Just above the knee. Ills recovery is exceed
mgly problematical.
Beforc close Of Big Springs meeting, whisky
got the better of three young men and caused
them 90 create considerable disturbance by
hnoaiug firing pistols, etc. The authorities
of the campground and Bailtf Ritch went TO
them and asked that they leave the grounds
This they would not do, but remained and
continued to "cut up" Later in the night the
disturbance became intolerable and the Young
mon were arrested, and carried before Justice
Mostelcr, who bound them over i'll bonds
of 500 each Failing to give the bond, they
were brought to town by Baliff Rich and
McSsrs. Ral>oStraw, Griffin and Holcomb, and
put IN Jail to await a lecture from his honor
Tor disturbing public worship and carving
concealed weapons. Their names are ]. T.
Schooner, Barlow county; Barney Turley and
W. J. III. Mcdaniel, Of Milton county. Nc
Daniel has young wito the others are UNI
married When arrested Schooner had n FIVE
shooter, double action Smith and WoSson
pistol concealed on his person.
\ sad mistake occurred at Crawford Tues
day night. in which Rev. j. J.. Rcvil was
struck in the breast with a smoothing iron by
Mr. Joe G. Jorlon. Rev. Mr.. Revill is about
seventy years OF ave, in feeble health and is
hard OF hearing. lie was stopping with DR.
Harris. and after supper he decided to 90 TO
the residence OF Mr. Jordon to spend the
night.
When heMrived Mr.. Jordon had retired
Mr.. Reyill aroused him by knocking Mr..
Jordon asked repeatedly who was at the door
but rs he received no reply he thought he had
a burglar 90 deal with. He examined his pis-
tol, which proved to be out of fix, then arm
Ing himself with HAT iron no cautiously
opened the door and struck the supposed bur
glar in the breast with the heavy weapon.
The man fell TO the ground ScnscleSS
Mr. Jordon examined the body and To his
horror found that instead of being u burglar it
was that of his venerable friend. Rev. Mr.
Reyiu The body was carefully removed into
the house, whore every possible attention was
rendered. Ii was thought for 4 time that Mr.
ReNlll was dead but finally he recovered CON
seriousness. The exact extent of his injuries
were not known when our informant left
Crawford, br it is hoped that they are not SO
serious a feH rcd.
From the Marietta Ga. Journal
{. Z. Wiun has well sixty
feet deep, ON his farm two miles north Of
town. The supply Of water being made
quAte, hc hired two colorod men, Alex McAGee
and Arch Crosby, 10 blast the rock ont of it,
They blasted and worked al day Wednesday.